cat 11

Oil · 2026-09

cat 11, 2026 — oil painting by Ray Patrick

Fashion, Oil

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Subject

A woman in an orange dress seen in profile, leaning forward, with a great spray of peacock feathers behind and above her.

Composition

The figure occupies the left third and is cropped at the thigh; the feathers sweep from the top edge across the whole upper right, so the composition turns on a single curve. The ground between is left open.

Palette

Cadmium orange and vermilion through the dress against a ground of viridian and teal — complementaries set directly against each other. The feathers are plum, bronze and cobalt.

Handling

The figure is modelled smoothly with blended edges, markedly more finished than anything else in this group. The feathers are drawn over the ground in fine single strokes, each eye a separate touch.

Medium and support

Oil, photographed as a page of a portfolio book — the binding is visible at the left edge.

Signature

No signature visible within the painted area.